You will apperceive if you accept a bank addiction if bank has afflicted your activity abnormally socially, emotionally, financially and spiritually. If you accept gambled alone, and accept absent work, absent added than you could afford, or aria about gambling, you added than acceptable accept a bank addiction. “Compulsive Gambling” is advised an actuation ascendancy ataxia and is characterized by unstoppable thoughts and uncontrollable impulses to gamble. “Problem Gambling” is advised beneath astringent than besetting gambling, but it is still a actual austere problem.

Someone in my ancestors is absorbed to gambling. What should I do?

There are abounding paths you could yield if a ancestors affiliate is absorbed to gambling. You can go to a gamanon affair yourself to get 12 -Step abutment from added ancestors associates of gamblers.(Check links and resources). This ability be a acceptable aboriginal footfall in award out how to access your ancestors member, back every bearings is different. Please analysis assets page for added advice on this topic.

I accept a bank addiction and I accept absent a lot of money. I am in debt, and I do not apperceive what to do. Can you help?

Going into debt is one of the bigger after-effects of a bank addiction. It can aftereffect the charlatan continued afterwards he or she stops bank and is one of the abiding after-effects of bank addiction. If you appear a Gamblers Anonymous 12-Step Accumulation you can acquisition abutment from trusted associates on how to accord with your debt problems. Please aswell appointment the links and assets page to acquisition out added about debt and acclaim solutions as a aftereffect of your bank addiction. Remember, bank addiction is not a money problem.. it is an affecting and airy botheration with banking consequences.

Can I accept a bank addiction if I go to the casino.. but mostly win?

Yes. There are 4 phases of a bank addiction. 1. Winning Phase: Usually starts with a big win and a acceptance that acceptable luck will abide indefinitely. 2. Losing Phase: Added pre-occupied with gambling. You are bank alone, missing work, lying about your whereabouts, and alpha to hunt your losses. 3. Desperation Phase: This is absolutely characterized by a accident of control, captivation with gambling, behind on a lot of debt, cheating or stealing,loss of job or primary relationship. 4. Hopeless Phase: You hit bedrock bottom. You may aswell alpha abusing drugs or alcohol. Suicide thoughts and attempts are accepted in this phase.

I action if I am abandoned and depressed. How come?

You are a lot of acceptable accepted as an “escape gambler” You action to escape affecting pain. A lot of “escape gamblers” can become absorbed to aperture machines, online gambling, and bingo. An “action gambler” is anyone who enjoys accident demography and gambles on amateur of accomplishment such as sports betting, the banal market, and cards. “Action-gamblers” accept been commonly male, however, the genders are acceptable able-bodied represented in anniversary group.

I apprehend that I do accept a problem… what is the aboriginal footfall to accepting help?

Congratulations for acceptance that you accept a problem. This is the aboriginal footfall that you can yield to accepting better. Without this aboriginal step, your bank addiction can abide to progress. Bank advice can be begin by traveling to the assets page aural our site. You can aswell alarm the bank hotline at 1-800-GAMBLER. Checking out a bounded Gamblers Anonymous Affair at http://www.gamblersanonymous.org is a acceptable aboriginal step. Please appointment our assets and links page for added information.. and again… congratulations. You are on your way to a bigger life.